Ericsson-Worldwide Reviews in Dublin, Ireland Area

Pros

Well organized
Process driven
Good Senior and mid-level management
Easy internal mobility
One of the best integration/suppliers in the market

Cons

Heavy processes hard to follow. The company becomes a slow machine sometimes.
It needs a review of the cost bases and some more empowerment of the employees.

Pros

Ericsson have great benefits, together with great opportunities and excellent training facilities. Great travel opportunities and an adequate salary scale

Cons

I wouldn't find too many cons with working for Ericsson. There is some frustration working with a large company, very difficult to make changes.

Pros

Intangible benefits around timekeeping, good people, at times a good culture, global presence, good support, transparent strategy, good communications, knowledge sahring between engineers

Cons

Process paralysis, PAY SALARY, poor reward structure intangible goals that do not relate to daily activities, siloed communications, poor career path structure

Advice to Senior Management

Annual pay reviews need to take palave for high performers Ericsson do not match Industry standards for pay and there is not enough added value to maintain employees

Pros

- Ericsson have great people on the ground within the organisation that really support you when needed
- Global organisation so good opportunities are there if you can travel
- Good experience for career and CV/resume, you can develop really good skills in Ericsson, but you have to actively pursure these opportunities yourself.
- I have laughed more in this organisation, overall a great bunch of people who are a pleasure to work with!

Cons

I have worked globally, this review is based on organisation in Ireland only.
- The business has changed and managers are very slow to change their thinking, an old boys club who are supported by a very poor HR.
- Lots of travel and high pressure for utilisation for 'working staff', no down time - lip service paid to it only, lots of people close to burnout
- in contrast those well connected get soft assignments so its not equal pain in E///.
- Blame culture is rampant in local Dublin office, can be a horrible place to work
- No real recognition (or understanding by management) of a job well done only pressure for the next assignment.
- middle management are weak, they may have been good technically at one time or else were 'well connected' but morph into administrators who have no customer facing work. No credability as managers.
- senior management are self serving - more loyal to their career than the organisation they are assigned,
- no trust left, nobody believes what management say anymore, been caught out with lies too many times
- jobs for the boys and the in cliche is rife, bullying behaviours are common and seen as the ability to be tough, HR supports this - ask anyone with a morsel of integrity who has reported such behaviour to HR and see where they are now.
- No understanding of leadership, its sad as they believe they are leaders but no one is following.
- Fundamental problem is that the Core Values of respect professionalism and perseverance are paid lip service and largely ignored. Assumptions of 'how we do things' that conflict with core values are the directors of behaviour and thinking. Unless this changes, nothing else will.

Advice to Senior Management

A service led company key resource are its people who are working towards the customer, the most important advice I can give is to look after them! We has some really great people, keep a hold of those that you have left, too many good people have walked out the door. Added value for the customer is about expertise ... think about how you support that and ensure you can offer added value.
Unfortunately this is left in the hands of a very incompetent management team supported by an equally incompetent HR team so its beyond me what advice I can give to those with closed ears and every possible defensive reasoning imagineable!!! Behaviour and thinking needs to be challenged constantly in order to build up real leadership, its definitely not there now.
On a corporate level, the new organisation stinks of one consulting house and my worry is that we have listened too much to them, I am wary of consultant input as based on my own experience they do not have accountability or responsibility to the organisation, just a greed for more consultancy work. I think you'd get better input from people on the ground worldwide who work with customers and within ericsson everyday.

Pros

Interesting time to be involved in telecoms. Relaxed culture.

Cons

Business consulting is trying to be something that it isnt.

Advice to Senior Management

None